1. CSDCAS: You Want to Know What and You Want it When?
CAPCSD
2017 Annual Conference
New Orleans, LA
April 20, 2017
4:00 pm -5:00 pm

2. Larry Boles, Ph. D. , Graduate Director Dept
Larry Boles, Ph.D., Graduate Director Dept. of Speech-Language Pathology & Audiology, University of the Pacific Jim Tsiamtsiouris, Ph.D., Graduate Director Dept. of Communication Sciences and Disorders, William Paterson University Karen Jacobs, Vice President, Client Success, Liaison International

3. In This Session
Use the reporting feature of CSDCAS to compare your applicant pool to all CSDCAS applicants by different variables.
Use the reporting feature of CSDCAS to compare your applicant pool to the applicants of five or more specified programs by different variables.
Use the reporting feature of CSDCAS to diversify applicant pools

4. Report Manager – 4 report types
Applicant
Reports that focus specifically on applicants and data about those applicants at a specific organization
Comparative
A group of reports available in WebAdMIT that generally total or average applicant data and compare to the entire CSDCAS universe
Decision
A group of reports that contain information about the decisions entered for applicants
Shared Applicant report
User
A group of reports that return data about WebAdMIT users at an organization

5. CSDCAS Generated Reports for Faculty and Administrators
Dean: “Do we know how our applicant pool compares to other programs within the state and nationally?” You: “Yes!”

6. Log Into Account

7. Select Cycle

8. Report Manager

9. New Report

10. Name Report and Select Variables

11. Download

12. Open Report

13. You to Dean: “We are doing fine compared to most programs”
Percent of CSDCAS Applicants
Your Program
American Indian
0.24%
0.00%
Hispanic
10.86%
13.90%
Asian
5.50%
9.46%
Black or African American
3.22%
3.81%
Hawaiian
0.15%
White
70.80%
59.75%
Other
Multiple
2.56%
3.42%
Did Not Report
6.67%
9.67%

14. Dean: “But what about compared to other programs in the state?”

15. Percent of Neighboring Programs
You to Dean: “We’re doing better than most other neighboring programs.”
Percent of Neighboring Programs
Your Program
American Indian
0.08%
0.00%
Hispanic
12.84%
13.90%
Asian
9.35%
9.46%
Black or African American
2.93%
3.81%
Hawaiian
0.16%
White
60.30%
59.75%
Other
Multiple
2.30%
3.42%
Did Not Report
12.04%
9.67%

16. Number of Applications
Total CSDCAS Applicants
10632
9950
9092
8324
Total WPU Applicants
406
400
351
331
3.81%
4.00%
3.86%
3.90%

17. Grade Point Average 2016-17 2015-16 2015-14 2013-14 Mean CSDCAS GPA
Mean CSDCAS GPA
3.50
3.47
3.49
3.48
Mean Region GPA
 3.40
 3.39
3.35 
 3.37
Mean Your Program GPA
3.46
3.42
3.44
3.4

18. Graduate Record Examination
Mean CSDCAS GRE Quant.
32.21%ile
38.31%ile
30.11%ile
31.26%ile
Mean Region GRE Quant.
 32.76%ile
36.93%ile 
31.44%ile 
32.85%ile 
Mean Your Program GRE Quant.
 33.32%ile
35.21%ile 
32.11%ile 
33.45%ile 
Mean CSDCAS GRE Verbal
47.74%ile
52.78%ile
43.01%ile
43.43%ile
Mean Region GRE Verbal
 47.56%ile
51.65%ile 
48.67%ile 
 48.88%ile
Mean Your Program Verbal
 55.12%ile
 53.68%ile
47%ile 
46.49%ile 

19. Age of Applicant Pool 2016-17 2015-16 2015-14 2013-14
Ages CSDCAS
83.69%
83.13%
83.49%
82.10%
Ages Region
 84.78%
85.43% 
81.89% 
84.56% 
Ages Your Program
91.84%
89.46%
89.16%
90.75%
Ages CSDCAS
9.76%
10.04%
9.60%
10.42%
Ages Region
 8.75%
7.35% 
9.13% 
8.56% 
Ages Your Program
6.04%
6.84%
8.37%
6.25%
Ages CSDCAS
3.12%
2.95%
3.13%
3.35%
Ages Region
 3.01%
2.87%
2.74%
3.01%
Ages Your Program
1.21%
1.14%
1.23%
1.25%

20. In-state, Out-of-State, and Citizenship
Your Program In-state Applicants
63.14%
64.11%
64.78%
60.75%
Your Program Out-of-state Applicants
36.86%
35.89%
35.22%
39.25%
CSDCAS U.S. Citizen
97.22%
96.46% 
98.79%
97.45%
Your Program U.S. Citizen
 97.43%
96.56% 
96.77% 

21. Your Program Comm. Disorders
Undergraduate Major
CSDCAS Comm. Disorders
66.28%
 67.54%
68.67% 
69.31% 
Your Program Comm. Disorders
52.80%
 53.88%
54.54% 
55.89% 

22. Using Local Status to Collect and Report Data
Use Local Status to identify the steps in your process

23. Respond to Internal Data Needs
Consider touch points as data collection buckets
Be granular – Ex. Denied students – reasons can be different
Allows you to do a better, more thorough and data driven forensic analysis at the end of the cycle
Ability to respond to data requests quicker and with more detail
Comparative reporting allows for checks throughout the cycle on whether you are meeting admissions goals (ex. diversity, gpa, etc.)
Respond to requests for national/state surveys
Grants
Self study/accreditation

24. Questions?